It is planned that The Goods Line will feature a series of elevated spaces or platforms which can be used for a variety of public entertainment, recreation, study and other activities.

The new section of The Goods Line will run from the Ultimo Rail underbridge to the Powerhouse Museum, running parallel to Harris Street, with Transport for NSW conducting a feasibility study on a further extension of The Goods Line through to Mortuary Station and Redfern.

Pedestrians will be able to walk the one kilometre from Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, along the Devonshire Tunnel and the Goods Line, to Macarthur Street, Ultimo without encountering vehicles when the work has been completed.

The Goods Line will rise four metres above street level and will eventually provide uninterrupted pedestrian access to Darling Harbour from Central Station.

Despite being hampered by Sydney's recent extreme weather, principal contractor Gartner Rose, which won a competitive tender process to refurbish The Goods Line, hopes the work will be completed by mid-2015.

The bridge will stay wrapped while the lead paint is removed and the bridge is re-painted.